Cont: House Impeachment Inquiry - part 3

He's trolling. He won't give us a straight answer so we have to play 20 questions with him.
 
Ziggurat said:
Twins aren't just related. And yeah, you gotta read a little bit into it, just like you have to read a bit into "I'm a locksmith". But it's not that hard. Give it a try.
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You really should point out one of the essential ingredients:

Yes, they are twins and, more important, Trump is very, very petty.

You're Welcome!
 
Ziggurat said:
It ruins a joke when you have to explain it, but really, you should have been able to figure this out.

Who is Yevgeny Vindman, and why was he removed from the NSC?

He's Alexander Vindman's twin, and, he's Alexander Vindman's twin.
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But it's a lousy joke for the Vindman case. In the locksmith case, the who explains the how. In the Vindman case, there's no connection between the who and the why. There's no reason to fire the twin brother of someone you fired. The only connection would be if the guy who is doing the firing was some sort of paranoid lunatic who wasn't satisfied with seeking revenge against one man, but against his whole family just for spite and......oh.....I get it.
 
Snitches get stitches is the point of firing Vindman and Sondland. Those defending Trump's actions know this and are complicit.
 
JoeMorgue said:
He's trolling. He won't give us a straight answer so we have to play 20 questions with him.
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It kind of reminds me when my kids were first trying to figure out how to tell jokes. They would skip to the punchline without bothering to set up the premise, say "get it?", and then fall down laughing not understanding the relationship between setup and punchline.

In this case:
Q: Who are you and why were you removed from the NSC?
A: I'm Alexander Vindman's twin and I'm Alexander Vindman's twin.

I mean, the only way to make it work is if you also add, "...and Trump is a petty *******."

eta: Ninja'd by Cabbage.
 
In all seriousness, no one has commented on the firing of yevgeny. I wouldn't be surprised to learn that yevgeny found out about firing Alexander, and raised some loud objections, which led to him being fired.

It's even possible, based on what I have seen, that yevgeny actually resigned in protest, rather than actually being fired.

One thing is for certain, though. It shows Trump as a petty, vindictive, man. If I try to give him every possible benefit of the doubt, I could come up with some justification for dumping the first Vindman, but I would love to hear someone try to justify the firing of Sondland.
 
Upchurch said:
It kind of reminds me when my kids were first trying to figure out how to tell jokes. They would skip to the punchline without bothering to set up the premise, say "get it?", and then fall down laughing not understanding the relationship between setup and punchline.

In this case:
Q: Who are you and why were you removed from the NSC?
A: I'm Alexander Vindman's twin and I'm Alexander Vindman's twin.

I mean, the only way to make it work is if you also add, "...and Trump is a petty *******."

eta: Ninja'd by Cabbage.
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God damn, but you people are bad at comedy. You don't have to add that Trump is petty because everyone knows that. Just like you don't have to explain what it is a locksmith does.

Do you need dad jokes explained to you too?
 
Meadmaker said:
I would love to hear someone try to justify the firing of Sondland.
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I'm not sure this really needs much of an explanation. It's not unreasonable for a president to want an ambassador that has confidence in him as president. If Sondland doesn't have confidence in Trump's leadership, then why does Trump need any other reason? Ambassadors serve at the pleasure of the president, and it's not like he's the only person capable of doing the job.
 
Cabbage said:
You really should point out one of the essential ingredients:

Yes, they are twins and, more important, Trump is very, very petty.

You're Welcome!
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Why do chicken coops have two doors? Because if they had four they would be chicken sedans, and coop sounds like coupe which is a word for a two-door car while a sedan is a word for a four-door car.

You don't have to say every ingredient of a joke when it's already understood.
 
Ziggurat said:
Why do chicken coops have two doors? Because if they had four they would be chicken sedans, and coop sounds like coupe which is a word for a two-door car while a sedan is a word for a four-door car.

You don't have to say every ingredient of a joke when it's already understood.
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Trump thinks it's always other people's fault, too.

Would you say it was a perfect joke?
 
1. He'd never do that.
2. Okay but he's not currently doing it.
3. Okay but he's not currently technically doing it.
4. Okay but everyone does it.
5. He's doing it, we can't stop him, no point in complaining about it.
6. We all knew he was going to do it which... makes it okay somehow.
7. It's perfectly fine that's he's doing it.
 
JoeMorgue said:
1. He'd never do that.
2. Okay but he's not currently doing it.
3. Okay but he's not currently technically doing it.
4. Okay but everyone does it.
5. He's doing it, we can't stop him, no point in complaining about it.
6. We all knew he was going to do it which... makes it okay somehow.
7. It's perfectly fine that's he's doing it.
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...and you can use up to seven of those simultaneously.
 
JoeMorgue said:
1. He'd never do that.
2. Okay but he's not currently doing it.
3. Okay but he's not currently technically doing it.
4. Okay but everyone does it.
5. He's doing it, we can't stop him, no point in complaining about it.
6. We all knew he was going to do it which... makes it okay somehow.
7. It's perfectly fine that's he's doing it.
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I'm making this my sig so I can keep track of the steps the current Trump scandals are in.
 
Upchurch said:
Trump thinks it's always other people's fault, too.

Would you say it was a perfect joke?
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No, it's not even a good joke. But the objections to it all consist of complaining that I didn't say out loud the part that everyone complaining already thinks. If you got it but didn't think it was funny, that's one thing. Hell, even the Nielsen joke depends on the delivery to really work, and I can't provide anything like that on an internet forum. But the fact that you couldn't even get it, well, that really is on you.
 
Ziggurat said:
Why do chicken coops have two doors? Because if they had four they would be chicken sedans, and coop sounds like coupe which is a word for a two-door car while a sedan is a word for a four-door car.

You don't have to say every ingredient of a joke when it's already understood.
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In all honesty, I'm surprised you acknowledge Trump's pettiness. You usually do a good job of turning a blind eye to his faults, in my experience.
 
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